“Roosevelt Watts Jr.’s powerful and fierce portrayal of Loomis is the center…. Entertains with Wilson’s natural conversational style and embrace of the commonplace.”
– Bob Hoover, onStage Pittsburgh
By August Wilson
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers
An outdoor production at August Wilson House, 1727 Bedford Avenue in the Lower Hill
August 5th – September 9th, 2023
A coproduction with August Wilson House
August Wilson’s Tony-nominated drama set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1911. The play explores the lives of African Americans at the start of the Great Migration to the North as they seek their own identities and contend with racism and discrimination.
“Brown is sensational as the beleaguered Holly…. Watts is charismatic. He commands the stage every time he steps into a scene…. Mark Clayton Southers does a magnificent job with the material…. An emotional experience.”
– Michael Buzzelli, Burgh Vivant
Reviews: OnStage Pittsburgh, Burgh Vivant, WESA, Pittsburgh Owl Scribe
Previews: OnStage Pittsburgh, Entertainment Central
Most performances will be outdoors at August Wilson House, 1727 Bedford Avenue in the Lower Hill. Performances on days where rain is likely will instead be inside Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street in the Upper Hill. Patrons will be notified by email when this happens, and notices will appear on our website also, at least two hours before the scheduled performance time.
Cast List
| Seth Holly | Kevin Brown |
| Seth Holly understudy | Sam Lothard |
| Bertha Holly | Shaunda Miles McDill |
| Bertha Holly understudy | Michele Bankole |
| Bynum Walker | Mike Traylor |
| Mattie Campbell | Dominique Briggs |
| Mattie Campbell understudy | Alona Williams |
| Rutherford Selig | Marcus Muzopappa |
| Jeremy Furlow | Dionysius Akeem / Maurice Redwood |
| Jeremy Furlow understudy | Charlie Gray |
| Herald Loomis | Roosevelt Watts, Jr. |
| Zonia Loomis | Saniya J. E. Lavelle / Adjoa Opoku-Dakwa |
| Reuben Mercer | Cameron Edwards / Kymir Cogdell-Freeman |
| Molly Cunningham | Jamaica Johnson |
| Molly Cunningham understudy | Meleana Felton |
| Martha Pentecost | Karla Payne |
Understudy notes: Michele Bankole will play Bertha Holly on Sun Aug 20 2023. Sam Lothard will pay Seth Holly on Thu Aug 24 2023.
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com